Server Migration Center (SMC) is a migration platform developed by Alibaba Cloud. SMC can help you migrate one or more source servers to Alibaba Cloud.
Overview
SMC can help you migrate one or more source servers to Alibaba Cloud. Source servers can be data center servers, virtual machines, cloud hosts on other cloud platforms, and servers of other types. For information about SMC, how to use SMC, and the best practices for using SMC, see What is SMC?
Benefits
SMC provides the following benefits:
Applies to migrations across diverse platforms and environments.
Server migration
Operating system migration
Agentless migration of VMware VMs
Cross-zone migration of Elastic Compute Service (ECS) instances
Desktop migration
Supports automated migration.
SMC supports automated, unattended migration. You can check the migration progress in the SMC console or by calling API operations.
Provides automatic server restoration and result verification.
SMC automatically detects server conditions and restores unhealthy servers before migration. After migration, you can verify migration results in the SMC console.
Migration process
When you use SMC to migrate a source server, you must first import the information about the migration source, and then create and start a migration task to complete the migration.
The following figure shows how to use SMC to perform migration.
Procedure:
Prepare for the migration.
Create an Alibaba Cloud account, complete real-name verification, activate Resource Access Management (RAM), and then activate the snapshot service.
Import the information about a migration source.
SMC supports multiple methods to import the information about a migration source. You can select one of the following methods based on your business requirements:
Import the information about a migration source by using the SMC console.
Import the information about a migration source by using the CLI.
Import the information about a migration source by using the SMC client.
Import the information about a migration source by configuring the Server Migration Connector without agents.
Create and start a migration job.
SMC supports multiple migration scenarios. You can create migration jobs based on your business requirements.
NoteIf the requirements for a migration test are met, a migration test is performed before the migration job is started.
If the migration test is passed, the system automatically starts the migration job by default.
If the migration test fails, you must view the test report and fix the test items that are in the Critical state. Then, retry the migration test. For more information, see Configure a migration test.
If the requirements for a migration test are not met, the system automatically starts the migration job by default.
Create a server migration job.
Create an operating system migration job.
Create a cross-zone migration job.
Create a cross-zone migration job.
Create a job to migrate VMware VMs without agents.
For more information, see Migration process.
Best practices
SMC provides best practices for migrating servers from different source servers to Alibaba Cloud. For more information, see Migrate servers to Alibaba Cloud.
References
SMC provides free expert support for cloud migration. For more information, see Contact us.
For information about how to use SMC API operations, see List of operations by function.
For information about how to use SMC SDKs, see SDK overview.
If you want to migrate only databases, we recommend that you use Alibaba Cloud Data Transmission Service (DTS). For more information, see Data migration.